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From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: .30 cal carbine (was Re: Long gun for rural property advice request)
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Date: 13 Jun 91 01:59:48 GMT
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In article <35479@mimsy.umd.edu> marko@hutch (Mark O'Shea) writes:
:In article <35433@mimsy.umd.edu> roc@sequent.com writes:
:#I agree.  The .30 carbine is a good round that does not deserve the
:#derision heaped upon it.  It's a relitively low power round (110
:
:Oh yes, it does.  I was required to shoot one for several years in the AF
:before the advent of the M16.  I was never able to qualify as an expert
:with it.  I was an NRA "Expert" class marksman in high power and qualified
:every time as an expert with the M16.  I shot on the Air Defense Command
:High Power Team for two years.
:
:Mark O'Shea

Well, I was in the same boat, and for every year for four years I
qualified "expert" with the M1 Carbine on those same Air Force ranges.

BTW, I am now qualified as "distinguished expert" on the LA County
Sheriff's pistol qualification course.

Maybe you just weren't compatible with the little carbine.

Lee

"Mit Pulver und Blei, die Gedanken sind frei."

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